The rescued children were three girls aged 15, 14, and six and a 15-year-old boy. Personnel of the Women and Children Protection Center-Visayas Field Unit (WCPC-VFU) arrested the children’s 33-year-old mother during the operation. A Warrant to Search, Seize, and Examine Computer Data issued by...
While using emojis makes messages more fun and engaging, a children’s rights organization warned that these seemingly harmless and "cute" pictograms are now being used by predators to victimize children online. Screenshot from Bahay Tuluyan Emoji Friends Video “Did you know that there is...
Probe Media Foundation, Inc. (PMFI) and ChildFund Philippines on Thursday, Nov. 23 conducted a training for the media practitioners to share information about the victims of Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children (OSAEC) and on how to make stories that "help foster a safer and better...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) vowed on Tuesday, Aug. 23, to intensify the campaign against child exploitation in the country. DILG Sec. Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. explained that poverty worsened by the global Covid-19 pandemic is one of the major reasons why there...
(UNSPLASH) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the International Justice Mission (IJM) will sign an agreement on Monday, June 27 to address the gaps in meeting the individualized needs of child survivors of online sexual exploitation from rescue to their reintegration to...